Re: Bug in bash
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 06:20:51PM -0400, Bruce Jackson wrote:
> Jens Ruehmkorf wrote:
> >On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Bruce Jackson wrote:
> >>If I do the following: echo "bob\n" the output is:
> >$ echo "bob\n"
> >$ echo -e "bob\n"
> >See bash(1), do "help echo" inside bash. Ask debian-user for help.
> But, why is there a difference between the behaviour of bash under
> Linux, HP-UX, and Solaris? The protability of scripts is the problem.
Yup, it's a problem.
The auto-tools (autoconf & automake) folks have struggled over this
for years. The autoconf manual in particular, has a whole chapter on
writing "portable shell" scripts, and covers your "bug".
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